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Inside Cyclocross #31 The cyclocross season is over, and so is Sanne Cant's career. This week we reflect on her monumental career, as well as several other stories!

Special attention for the retirement of Sanne Cant in this weeks inside cyclocross with a long read on her career!
We also cover a bid for the 2029 Belgian Championships and Iserbyt’s premature season end

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Flamanville has placed a bid for the 2027 European Cyclocross Championships. The 2025 and 2026 events will be held in Middelkerke and Zeddam respectively
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Your are obviously right that atm the money is mainly in Belgium. The sport however needs to expand, and i do think there is potential. France deserves a second round. North Spain, UK and Hungary also seem like they would be successful

Its not much of a world cup with 7 races in Belgium. The idea of bringing more riders to that area is noble, but wont work without money. More races away from home is less incentive for sponsors to finance that

This wasn’t a call to bring back the American world cups, although i think there is still some potential in early November. Its pointing out that the idea to “increase rounds to visit more countries” has horribly failed

The US races disappeared for a variety of reasons, but wouldn’t really fit in this world cup due to it starting in November. Broader problem is that, despite big words, there are barely any new events in Europe

Some overarching thoughts on the 2025 cyclocross world championships 👇
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Compare now to the world cup pre 2020 reform. The number of races has gone from 9 to 12, but all growth has gone to Belgian races. The number of non Dutch/Belgian WC has been increased from 3 to 4, but there are no North American WC anymore. Number of Belgian/Dutch rounds has increased from 3 to 7

With Koksijde taking the final spot of the World Cup calendar, the schedule violates UCI regulations. No more than 50% of World Cup races should take place in 1 country, but still 7/12 World Cups will take place in Belgium.
Another sign that the international state of CX is dire

"Geen reden tot paniek": Belgian Cycling relativeert mager WK en maakt zich geen zorgen "dankzij gunstige trend" | sporza Met het ontbreken van een wereldtitel en slechts 2 medailles bij de jeugd was het WK veldrijden in Liévin geen schot in de roos voor de Belgische delegatie.

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BC: "The youth categories have become more international in recent years, but as soon as foreign riders join a team they leave CX."

The lack of top tier talents isnt a problem for Belgium, because a cyclocross career is only feasible for Belgians. Harsh reality of the current state of cyclocross.

Mixed relay 🤩🤩

It will only make the course more fun!

📍 Lievin

Treacherous conditions in Lievin 🇫🇷

Read up on the latest news ahead of the world championships!
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Sorry inside cyclocross subscribers, the newsreport will late this week. Travel to Benidorm far from smooth, as flight has been rerouted and delayed a number of times

Issam is backing Sweeck in Belgium, while I chose Nys. Vandeputte should have a good shot in these conditions! Del Grosso and Pieterse our picks in NL

Edition 23 of Inside Cyclocross is out! This week several stories leading up to the National Championships!

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An extra long edition of inside cyclocross to start the new year!
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Racing returns today with the Gavere World Cup!

Christmas day long read 👇
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A few peeks for US Cyclocross Nationals

I don’t think it was intentional. She pulled her front wheel up from the ground because she was on the hoods. Front wheel came down angled towards sarkisov, causing the rear wheel to slide

Hulst is preparing to host the “best world championships cyclocross ever”
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News about the cancelled Cabras World Cup and next year’s calendar in the latest edition of inside cyclocross
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No rescheduling unfortunately

Such a late cancellation of the race is obviously bad news for everyone. High sunk costs for Riders, Teams and above all the organisation.
The first edition is the worst to cancel, hopefully this doesn’t put the event out of business right away